Scot-image

I know some of you have been wondering where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to all summer and autumn as I haven’t been blogging or Tweeting much or updating my Scot-image Facebook Page either.  Well, I’ve hardly picked the camera up since our trip to Tiree in June/July, just a few family and [...]

Tags: David Robertson, drystone dyking, drystone walling, Image galleries, Scot-image, StockBox Photo

I’m hopeful that the PLUS Registry will be the future for photographers, distributors and image users. I now have a PLUS ID – 01-AA-641. This will be associated with all my images and is mine forever and for all time. I’ve also registered another ID – SCOT-IMAGE, which is interchangeable with the first ID. OK, [...]

Tags: copyright, PLUS ID, PLUS Registry

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) have recently (6/7/2011) released a report that says – visitor centres and distilleries add £30.4 million in value to the economy and provide 640 jobs – direct and indirect. The global impact of Scotch Whisky tourism is clear as nine out of ten (86.1%) distillery visitors last year came from [...]

Tags: Scot-image, scotch, Scotland, stock photography, whisky

We are just back from Tiree where we had a wonderful week’s family holiday. Yes, I took the camera along but photography was put aside for a while – sometimes it’s just nice to chill. However, I did make an effort a couple of times to try and capture some of the island’s amazing coastal [...]

Tags: beach, buoy, images, Scot-image, Scotland, stock photography, Tiree

Puffins, I just love them. They are great birds to photograph or to just sit back and watch – you can get really close too! To give them their proper title, they are Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula artica) and they can be found in various places around the Scottish coast during their breeding season. On a [...]

Tags: Atlantic Puffin, birds, Fratercula arctica, images, Photography, Scot-image

May 7th – It was on this day in 1814 that Sir Walter Scott’s novel . . . . “Waverley”, was published. It was his first book and a huge success. To see pictures of locations connected with the famous author, go to my Sir Walter Scott image gallery. To see other pictures of Scott, [...]

Tags: author, images, Scotland, Sir Walter Scott, stock photography, Waverley

It is with a certain amount of sadness, OK, I’m gutted, that I have to report that a tree on Rannoch Moor that has appeared in many of my pictures over the years has succumbed to the strong winds blasting across Scotland this week. As reported and photographed by DuncanDisorderly on the talkphotography.co.uk forums this [...]

Tags: images, Lochaber, Photography, Rannoch Moor, Scot-image, Scotland, stock photography, tree

May 26th – It was on this day in 1652 that Dunnottar Castle . . . . . . the last Royalist stronghold in eastern Scotland, surrendered to Cromwell’s forces after being under siege for eight months. To see other pictures, visit my Stonehaven and Dunnottar Castle image gallery. Other images in this gallery include [...]

Tags: Aberdeenshire, castles, Dunnottar Castle, images, Scot-image, Scotland, stock photography, Stonehaven